Sweetshop

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A shop selling confectionery, especially one that sells predominantly confectionery.

    "Likewise, when I go into my local sweetshop to buy a chocolate bar, the shopkeeper doesn't look me up and down, notice I'm a bit overweight, and suggest I pop round to the greengrocers next door and buy an apple instead."

  2. 2
    A drug dealer. euphemistic, slang

Synonyms

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candy shopcandy store

Example

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"Likewise, when I go into my local sweetshop to buy a chocolate bar, the shopkeeper doesn't look me up and down, notice I'm a bit overweight, and suggest I pop round to the greengrocers next door and buy an apple instead."

Etymology

From sweet + shop.

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drug dealer

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